I dunno mate i have a bad feeling about this, based on my own experiences with the Xbox and PS2. I've played people from around the globe, the further you get from your own region the more noticeable lag becomes.

With PC games its not a problem because usually a dedicated server is involved, but with consoles one of the players has to host the game on their connection which can put a lot of stress on the connection (If your a PC gamer then you'll know the difference between the quality of a dedicated and non-dedicated server, same for Xbox too).

My worry is that even a little lag could screw up the control system, because its motion sensitive then even a little lag could potentially spoil your day as with motion sensitive control timing is everything.

Hopefully my concerns will prove to be nothing more than making mountains out of mole hills, but we wont know until the U.S. get the game and we can try out long distance play.

I just noticed that Strikers will have a message that pops up when someone invites you to a match thats a huge step forward for Nintendo. DS you would have to organize everything before hand on Strikers you just send an invite and just go, DS would basically be find game(random people).